Tolkien writing kingdoms' moral decay and eventual decline: they exploited nature, destroyed forests and cut down trees
Tolkien writing male characters' moral decay and eventual decline: he stopped listening to his wife
Peter: Do you care if I take the skin off this Furby?
Peter: I want to make him a God. Once he is free of his sinful flesh, he can begin a path towards enlightenment. He will take care of Us.
Peter: I also want to softhack his circuits.
Tony: I literally could not care less but never say anything as frightening as that ever again.
tolkien fans: "omg you HAVE to read the silmarillion so you can know about my poor little baby blorbo finwenduwë"
the blorbo in question:
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When Elrond and Elros were learning how to braid hair, Maglor and Maedhros had to let them use their hair for practice. The results were... well they tried. But Maglor and Maedhros had to run around, be scary and command their army while having, let's say, intersting hairdos beacuse they can't just take them out! The kids tried so hard!
really underrated part of the LotR films is when gollum gets exposition lines. like can you imagine? you're travelling with the most fucked-up evil little murder greyhound creature imaginable and he lives in a cave and doesn't know about potatoes but from time to time you have to ask him about local geopolitics. and he answers you
elrond sipping his tea: how nice of you to join me for breakfast, thranduil. it’s certainly been a while hasn’t it. you remember bilbo, the hobbit from like seventy years ago? he has a kid now. i know you would just love frodo
thranduil:
thranduil: elrond, where’s my son
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